Klára Dobrev

Klára Dobrev (born Klara Petrova Dobreva, Bulgarian: Клара Петрова Добрева; on 2 February 1972) is a Hungarian left-wing[1] politician who served as Vice-President of the European Parliament between July 2019 and January 2022.

Her maternal grandfather, Antal Apró, a communist politician, served as Minister of Industry in the Hungarian People's Republic in the 1950s–60s.

During her years at the University of Economics she was a member of AIESEC, and at the organization's 1992 world conference she was the animator board's vice president responsible for public relations.

[4] Dobrev has held several government positions in the past, including Chief Cabinet to Péter Medgyessy during the 2002 parliamentary election, and vice-president of the Office for the National Development Plan and EU Support, where she served from 2002 until her husband's nomination for prime minister in 2004, when she resigned.

[13] Dobrev gained 34% of the votes in the first round in September 2021, running as the candidate of the Democratic Coalition and the Hungarian Liberal Party.

Klára Dobrev (center) with U.S. Ambassador to Hungary April H. Foley (left) and Nancy Brinker , former ambassador to Hungary (right). Budapest, 10 July 2008